
95 Hartswood Road
London
ENGLAND 	  W12 9NG

Phone +44 (0) 798 158 3077
E-Mail steve@stevedrice.net
Web Site www.stevedrice.net
Stephen Rice


Career Objective
To utilize and expand my consultancy expertise in a wide range of technologies in a mentally stimulating environment
Education
1993		
University of Manitoba		Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours)
Professional Experience
March 2005  Current	
Smartlogic Semaphore Ltd 	London, UK
Senior Technical Consultant
? Implementation consultant for search and classification solutions for various clients
? Project management, systems development and product training services provided for clients
? Product owner for integration of software with various third party applications
February 2002  December 2004	
VSO		Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa
Systems Analyst  Department of State for Health and Social Welfare, Directorate of Planning and Information
? Served as focal person for all IT issues within the department including the design, development and implementation of IT policy, solutions, and training programs 
? Assisted in acquisition, design, development and implementation of the technical foundation for a Health Management Information System (HMIS) 
? Implemented Internet access strategy for department including development of web site integrating HMIS information 
February 1998  January 2002
Diagonal PLC		Leeds, UK
Computer Consultant
? Provided technical and business consultant services to large clients in southern England
? Worked primarily with PowerBuilder and Microsoft SQL Server technology with additional development in Sybase SQL Anywhere
Prior to 1998	
Various Employers		Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Various IT Positions
? Worked while attending university (then afterwards) with a variety of IT employers in both the private and public sectors 
? Gained experience in widely different technologies and business environments


Volunteer Experience
Anglo-Japanese Society of Wessex (www.ajsw.org.uk)
? Web site administrator

Blue Sky Community Networks of Manitoba, Inc. (www.freenet.mb.ca)
? Formerly chairperson of the Technical Services Committee and member of the Board of Directors
? Assisted in the development and installation of the 10,000-user system for Manitoba including various networking strategies
? Gained supervisory experience including effective meeting and office management skills
? Gained technical skills in World Wide Web, UNIX (C, C++, and shell script) and other Internet skills
? Worked for 4 years with the organization
Computers for Charity Project
Technical assistance through local Computer User Group in the assembly and refurbishment of personal computers for charitable organizations
Technical Skills
Semantic Web Technologies
? Working with SKOS, OWL, RDF and triple store repositories such as Jena, Marklogic and Allegrograph

Enterprise Applications Implementation and Integration Design
? Working with SharePoint (2007, 2010, 2013 and SharePoint Online), Google Search Appliance (GSA), SoLR, FAST ESP, OpenText and Marklogic

Application Design, Implementation and Support
? Using Java, JSP, Python, Perl, PowerBuilder, C, C++, Fortran, PL/I, Pascal, and BASH/Bourne/C Shell Scripts

Network Design, Implementation, Support and Administration
? Using Linux, all versions of Windows desktop and server installations from Windows 95 to Windows 2012, Solaris and SunOS 

Database Design, Implementation, Support and Administration 
? Using MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase SQL Server, and Microsoft Access
Web Site Design, Implementation, Support and Administration 
? Extensive use of jQuery, AJAX, XML, HTML/XHTML, PHP, and CGI in both Windows and Unix web server environments
IT Technical Training and Mentoring
? Design and teaching of technical training courses at the beginner and advanced levels



Additional Details and References Available on Request
The latest copy of this CV is available at http://www.stevedrice.net/cv
